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Introduced in Mushihime-sama
Reco
- Voice: Yui YoshiiAge: 15Pet: Kiniro the Kabutan
The game's protagonist, Reco is the princess of Hoshifuri Village. When she was young, she got lost in the nearby Shinju Forest. There she met Aki and Kiniro, becoming friends with each of them. She's immune to the sickness affecting her village, and decides to visit the mysterious god of the Koujuu to appeal to save their lives.
In the second game, Reco has become the new goddess of the Koujuu in Shinju Forest, protecting and guiding them much as Aki did. When an army of hostile Koujuu invades from another land, she goes to find whatever it is causing them to attack, to defeat it and save both her village and her forest.
In Bug Panic!, she ventures off on her own without Kiniro or Palm to discover what is making the Koujuu leave the Forest.
- Adaptational Dye-Job: Reco has purple hair in the first game. In the second game, she sports pink hair with orange tips.
- Action Girl: In addition to going through the game series without appearing to break a sweat, she is also fully capable of fighting on foot.
- Creator Cameo: Her voice actress is also a beta tester, and did a promotional video for DoDonPachi Dai Fukkatsu.
- Friend to All Living Things: She is portrayed this way in Mushihime-tama. In Futari she refers to the Koujuu under her guardianship as "children", which only one of these could possibly call gigantic toxic bugs.
- Going Commando: She wears no panties under her skirt, as shown in the official figures, as confirmed by director Tsuneki Ikeda.
- The Immune: The reason she goes off into the Forest to appeal to the Koujuu God is that she's immune to the sickness that befalls anyone who ventures near the Koujuu. It turns out that the only reason she's immune is due to the bracelet Aki gave her as a child. In fact, when he gave her that, he gave up his own immunity, which is why he's dying by the end of the game.
- Magic Skirt: In all official artwork, she somehow manages to avoid showing her privates.
- Ms. Fanservice: Reco’s second game outfit shows off more skin.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: As the one who killed Aki in the first game, she's indirectly responsible for the war against Shinju Forest in Futari.
- Rose-Haired Sweetie: In Futari, her pink hair fits her personality.
- Say My Name: Upon dying in the later stages of Futari, she will cry out for Palm in distress."Parumuuuuuuuuuuuu!"
- Sexy Backless Outfit: Her new outfit in Futari.
- Sideboob: Her new outfit in Futari.
- Stripperiffic: Most of her outfits, at least in official artwork. Her outfit in the first game is actually an ankle-length dress cut on one side, though the official artwork makes this near-impossible to see. It's more apparent in her in-game sprite.
- You Can't Go Home Again: Taking on the duty as the Koujuu God means it's impossible for her to ever return to her village. She is assumed dead.
Kiniro
Reco's best friend among the Koujuu, a golden flying beetle. Kiniro met her during one of her walks in the forest, and helps her out when she decides to appeal to the Koujuu God. He continues to help in Futari, once again serving as Reco's mount.
- Drama-Preserving Handicap: He falls ill in Bug Panic!, and thus isn't able to help Reco on her adventure. With his help she could probably have finished Bug Panic! without any effort. His sickness was because he was resisting Hakugin's call to destroy humanity.
- Fantastic Racism: He is noted to dislike the Kurogane beetles among the Koujuu... which also happen to be the favored Koujuu by the current Koujuu God.
- My Species Doth Protest Too Much: The only Koujuu in the original game who is openly friendly with a human, and helps her fight back against his own kind.
Aki
- Voice: Aiko WaheiAge: Unclear, apparently 15Pet: Akka the Kurogane
A mysterious boy who visits Reco on her visits to the Shinju Forest. At the end of the game, he's revealed to be the "God" of the Koujuu, and after fighting her, tells her that his strength is exhausted and she must take his place, protecting the humans from the Koujuu and vice versa.
- Deity of Human Origin: He's called the god of the Koujuu, and he's human. It's more of a God Job than anything actually divine though.
- Fighting Your Friend: He and Reco are childhood friends, and neither wants to fight the other. But Reco fought many Koujuu on her way to him, and he must defend them against the invader as part of his duty. Reco also mourns him terribly upon his death.
- Final Boss: Himself and Ruriigohon Kurisu, one of the most powerful Koujuu in the forest. If you qualify for the True Final Boss, his own beetle friend Akka will save him after Kurisu's death, and fight back alongside him just as Kiniro does for Reco.
- I'm Dying, Please Take My MacGuffin: He hands over a feather-like charm to Reco as he dies, saying she's now the goddess of the Koujuu in Shinju Forest.Aki: It seems it may take time before humans can survive around this energy. That's why I went to the Koujuu. To ask them to stay in the forest, and away from human beings. But my power is at its limit. I need you to take over for me.
Introduced in Mushihime-sama Futari
Palm
- Voice: Naomi IidaAge: 9Pet: Hirow the Dragon
Prince Palm, age 9, is the youngest prince of Utakata Village. He was sent to Shinju Forest to die, but joined up with Reco instead.
- Badass Adorable: One of the youngest characters in a CAVE game, but that doesn't stop him from going One-Boy Army against an entire army and going toe-to-toe with his own mother.
- Child Mage: Barely 9 years old, and already quite skilled at magic.
- Dragon Rider: Like his mother, he has a dragon as a mount.
- Magic Staff: He uses this to enhance Hirow's power.
- Matricide: If you play as him, he kills his own mother because she went way off the deep end after Aki's death (the circumstances of such be damned), declared an entire war, disowned him, then tried to kill him personally.
- It becomes a lot more sad on the Black Label God Mode run, where after Palm has mortally wounded Larsa in her spiritual form, she is still crying out for Aki...
- Mystical White Hair: has white hair like his mother and his brother.
- Say My Name: Again, in Futari's later stages, if you die..."Reco-chaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!"
- The Un-Favourite: His mother tries repeatedly to kill him (after going insane), while doting on the deceased Aki. And as mentioned above, it's so much worse on God Mode, as her last words are calling out to Aki.
Queen Larsa
- Voice: Miho Nakamura
"Oh ho ho ho! Welcome to the villain's arbalest from a tyrant's insanity!"
She is the queen of Utakata Village and the mother of both Aki and Palm. After discovering that Aki died, she wages war against Shinju Forest.
- Abusive Parent: She sent Palm to kill whatever it was that killed Aki, and decides to kill him when he protests that Reco doesn't deserve to die.Queen Larsa: So you are protecting that girl? You are a fool.Palm: Reco-chan tried to save Aki! She's not a bad person!Queen Larsa: Hmph. There are far more princes from where you come from... now die.
- Alas, Poor Villain: Not so evident in the Ultra Mode run, but in the God Mode run where the player fights Spiritual Larsa, she weakly cries out for Aki as she dissolves into sparkling light.
- Ax-Crazy: After Aki's death.
- Big Bad: Of Futari.
- Bishoujo Line: She's much prettier and thinner when she takes on her Spiritual Larsa form in Futari Black Label.
- Dragon Rider: She learned how to tame and control dragons as a weapon against the Koujuu. She even has a gigantic mount of her own, Dragon Emperion.
- Fat Bastard: She's obese, and by far the most vile character in the series. Unless you meet certain conditions in Black Label, where she takes on a much slimmer build.
- Final Boss: Of the second game. She gains a new phase on Ultra, and a One-Winged Angel form in Black Label's God mode.
- God Save Us from the Queen!: She considers everything and everyone expendable, except for Aki. And with him gone... well...
- Gonk: She is one fat mother.
- Mama Bear: Her reaction to her son's death is to start a massive war on his behalf.
- Noblewoman's Laugh: "OH HO HO HO HO HO HO!"
- No Body Left Behind: After she dies as Spiritual Larsa, she disintegrates into sparkling magic, disappearing completely.
- Offing the Offspring: When Palm confronts her about the whole incident for the final time, she tries to kill him.
- Prepare to Die: With a smug tone to Palm before fighting him.
- Revenge Before Reason: The death of Aki has clearly driven her off the deep end: she desires nothing more than revenge for his death. This is evident enough when she confronts Palm, but if you reach her as Reco instead...Queen Larsa: You... my dear son, Aki! How dare you!Reco: Aki's death... is my doing...Queen Larsa: SILENCE! YOU IMPUDENT BRAT!
- Unstoppable Rage: The only thing that ultimately quells her rage and murderous desires is killing her.
- Would Hurt a Child: Reco is legally a child, and Palm is her own son.
Introduced in Mushihime-sama BUG PANIC!
Sora
- Age: 15Pet: Hakugin
A mysterious dark-haired girl who seems to be summoning all of the Koujuu to one location for some reason. She is actually a young girl from Amagase village who, similar to Reco, became a protector goddess for the Koujuu. She is based at Tsukiyo Peaks.
- Magical Flutist: The method by which she's apparently luring Koujuu away. It's actually a tool used by her people to calm and communicate with the Koujuu, particularly the Hakugin. The thing luring the Koujuu away is something else.
Hakugin
A silver beetle Koujuu. It is Sora's partner, and is trapped within an egg in the ruins of Larsa's palace.
- Being Tortured Makes You Evil: Larsa tortured it to learn more about the Koujuu... and as revenge for Aki. She also killed numerous Koujuu in front of it, leading it to desire revenge on mankind.
- Big Bad: It's the one luring Koujuu to it, not Sora.
- Defeat Means Friendship: It apologizes after Reco defeats it in battle, saying that its anger at what Larsa did was no justification to trying to kill all humans. It even says that it was good to meet Palm, despite him being Larsa's son. (The fact that Palm apologized for what his mother did probably helped.)
- Immortality: It's basically a phoenix minus the fire; when it dies, its remains form an egg from which it is reborn.
